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• the present invention relates to a wireless mobile communication system, and more particularly, to an apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal and method thereof .
• a wireless communication system is developing to diversely cover a wide range to provide such a communication service as an audio communication service, a data communication service and the like.
• the wireless communication is a sort of a multiple access system capable of supporting communications with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power, etc.) .
• the multiple access system there are CDMA (code division multiple access) system, FDMA (frequency division multiple access) system, TDMA (time division multiple access) system, OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiple access) system, SC-FDMA (single carrier frequency division multiple access) system and the like.
• CDMA code division multiple access
• FDMA frequency division multiple access
• TDMA time division multiple access
• OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
• SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
• the present invention is directed to a wireless communication system that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art .
• An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal and method thereof, by which an uplink signal can be efficiently transmitted in a wireless communication system.
• Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal and method thereof, by which a control information can be efficiently transmitted.
• a further object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal and method thereof, by which a transmission of a control information can be efficiently controlled.
• a method of transmitting an uplink signal from a user equipment in a wireless communication system includes the steps of receiving a downlink control information (DCI) used for PUSCH (physical uplink shared channel) scheduling, the DCI including an information for resource block allocation, an information for a channel status information request and a plurality of MCS (modulation and coding scheme) informations for a plurality of transport blocks and if a condition is met, transmitting a channel status information only on the PUSCH without a transport block for UL-SCH (uplink shared channel) .
• the condition includes a case that: only one transport block is enabled, the MCS information for the enabled transport block indicates an MCS index 29, the information for the channel status information request indicates 1, and the number of allocated resource blocks is equal to or smaller than 4.
• a user equipment which is configured to transmit an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, includes a radio frequency (RF) unit and a processor configured to receive a downlink control information (DCI) used for PUSCH (physical uplink shared channel) scheduling, the DCI including an information for resource block allocation, an information for a channel status information request and a plurality of MCS (modulation and coding scheme) informations for a plurality of transport blocks, the processor if a condition is met, transmitting a channel status information only on the PUSCH without a transport block for UL-SCH (uplink shared channel) .
• the condition includes a case that: only one transport block is enabled, the MCS information for the enabled transport block indicates an MCS index 29, the information for the channel status information request indicates 1, and the number of allocated resource blocks is equal to or smaller than 4.
• the condition further includes a case that the number of transmission layer is 1.
• the channel status information includes at least one of a CQI (channel quality indication) , a PMI (precoding matrix indicator) and an RI (rank indication) .
• a CQI channel quality indication
• PMI precoding matrix indicator
• RI rank indication
• 'disable' of each of the transport blocks is indicated by a combination of two informations in the DCI, and one of the two informations is the MCS information of the corresponding transport block.
• the DCI includes two MCS informations for two transport blocks, and the DCI signals that a first transport block is enabled, and a second transport block is disabled.
• the second transport block is disabled using the MCS information for the second transport block.
• the DCI is received via PDCCH (physical downlink control channel) .
• PDCCH physical downlink control channel
• the present invention provides the following effects and/or advantages.
• the present invention is able to efficiently transmit an uplink signal in a wireless communication system.
• the present invention is able to . efficiently transmit a control information.
• the present invention is able to efficiently control a transmission of a control information.
• FIG. 1 is a diagram for one example of a structure of a radio frame
• FIG. 2 is a diagram for one example of a resource grid of a downlink (hereinafter abbreviated DL) slot;
• FIG. 3 is a diagram for a structure of a DL subframe
• FIG. 4 is a diagram for one example of a structure of an uplink (hereinafter abbreviated UL) subframe;
• FIG. 5 is a diagram for one example of MIMO (multiple input multiple output) transmitter/receiver
• FIG. 6 is a diagram for one example of a codeword-to- layer mapping method
• FIG. 7 is a diagram for a portion of a DCI format for UL spatial multiplexing
• FIG. 8 is a diagram for one example of a concept for channel status information generation and transmission
• FIG. 9 is a diagram for one example of a CQI report scheme of LTE according to a related art.
• FIG. 10 is a diagram for one example of a method for processing UL-SCH data and control information
• FIG. 11 is a diagram for multiplexing of control information and UL-SCH data on PUSCH;
• FIG. 12 is a flowchart for one example of transmitting a channel status information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 13 and FIG. 14 are block diagrams for transmitting a channel status information
• FIG. 15 is a diagram for one example of DCI configuration and UE interpretation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 16 is a diagram for one example of a base station and a user equipment applicable to one embodiment of the present invention.
• embodiments of the present invention are usable for various wireless access systems including CDMA (code division multiple access) , FDMA (frequency division multiple access) , TDMA (time division multiple access) , OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiple access) , SC-FDMA (single carrier frequency division multiple access) and the like.
• CDMA can be implemented by such a wireless technology as UTRA (universal terrestrial radio access), CDMA 2000 and the like.
• TDMA can be implemented with such a wireless technology as GSM/GPRS/EDGE (Global System for Mobile communications) /General Packet Radio Service/Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution) .
• OFDMA can be implemented with such a wireless technology as IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) , IEEE 802.20, E-UTRA (Evolved UTRA), etc.
• UTRA is a part of UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) .
• 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) LTE (long term evolution) is a part of E-UMTS (Evolved UMTS) that uses E-UTRA.
• the 3GPP LTE adopts OFDMA in DL and SC- FDMA in UL.
• LTE-A LTE-Advanced
• LTE-A LTE-Advanced
• FIG. 1 is a diagram for one example of a structure of a radio frame.
• a radio frame includes 10 subframes.
• Each of the subframes includes 2 slots in time domain.
• a time taken to transmit a subframe is defined as a transmission time interval (hereinafter abbreviated TTI) .
• TTI transmission time interval
• one subframe can have a length of 1 ms and one slot can have a length of 0.5 ms .
• One slot has a plurality of OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) or SC-FDMA (single carrier frequency division multiple access) symbols in time domain.
• OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
• SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
• a resource block (hereinafter abbreviated RB) is a resource allocation unit and includes a plurality of contiguous subcarriers in one slot.
• the structure of the radio frame shown in the drawing is exemplary.
• the number of subframes included in a radio frame, the number of slots included in the subframe, and the number of symbols included in the slot can be modified by various schemes.
• FIG. 2 is a diagram for one example of a resource grid of a DL slot.
• a DL slot includes a plurality of OFDM symbols in time domain.
• One DL slot includes 7 or 6 OFDM symbols and a resource block is able to include 12 subcarriers in frequency domain.
• Each element on a resource grid is named a resource element (hereinafter abbreviated RE) .
• One RB includes 12x6 or 12x7 REs .
• the number NRB of RBs included in a DL slot depends on a DL transmission bandwidth.
• a structure of a UL slot is similar to that of the DL slot, in which OFDM symbol is substituted with SC- FDMA symbol.
• FIG. 3 is a diagram for a structure of a DL subframe.
• maximum 3 or 4 OFDM symbols situated in a head part of a first slot of a subframe corresponds to a control region to which a control channel is allocated.
• the rest of the OFDM symbols correspond to a data region to which PDSCH (physical downlink shared channel) is allocated.
• Examples of a DL control channel used by LTE include PCFICH (Physical Control Format Indicator Channel), PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) , PHICH (Physical hybrid ARQ indicator Channel) and the like.
• the PCFICH is transmitted in a first OFDM symbol of a subframe and carries information on the number of OFDM symbols used for a transmission of a control channel within the subframe.
• the PHICH carries HARQ ACK/NACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat request acknowledgment/negative- acknowledgment) signal in response to a UL transmission.
• the PDCCH carries transmission format and resource allocation information of DL_SCH (downlink shared channel) , transmission format and resource allocation information of UL-SCH (uplink shared channel) , paging information on PCH (paging channel) , system information on DL-SCH, resource allocation information of such a higher layer control message as a random access response transmitted on PDSCH, Tx power control command set for individual UEs within a UE group, Tx power control command, activation indication information of VoIP (voice over IP) and the like.
• a plurality of PDCCHs can be carried on the control region.
• a user equipment is able to monitor a plurality of the PDCCHs.
• the PDCCH is carried on an aggregation of at least one or more contiguous CCEs (control channel elements) .
• the CCE is a logical allocation unit used in providing the PDCCH with a coding rate based on a radio channel status.
• the CCE corresponds to a plurality of REGs (resource element groups) .
• a format of the PDCCH and the number of PDCCH bits are determined in accordance with the number of CCEs .
• a base station determines a PDCCH format in accordance with a DCI which is to be transmitted to a user equipment and attaches a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) to a control information.
• CRC cyclic redundancy check
• the CRC is masked with an identifier (e.g., RNTI (radio network temporary identifier) in accordance with an owner of the PDCCH or a purpose of using the PDCCH. For instance, if the PDCCH is provided for a specific user equipment, an identifier (e.g., cell-RNTI (C-RNTI) of the corresponding user equipment can be masked on the CRC. In case that the PDCCH is provided for a paging message, a paging identifier (e.g., paging-RNTI (P-RNTI) ) can be masked on the CRC.
• RNTI radio network temporary identifier
• SI-RNTI system information RNTI
• RA-RNTI random access-RNTI
• the control information transmitted on PDCCH is named a downlink control information (DCI) .
• the DCI includes a resource allocation information for a user equipment or a user equipment group and other control informations.
• the DCI includes UL/DL scheduling information, UL transmission (Tx) power control command and the like.
• Table 1 shows DCI format 0 for UL scheduling.
• a size of RB allocation field is described as 7 bits, this is just exemplary. And, an actual size of the RB allocation field varies in accordance with a system bandwidth.
• Table 2 shows information on an MCS index for UL data transmission in LTE.
• FIG. 4 is a diagram for one example of a structure a UL subframe.
• a UL subframe includes a plurality of slots (e.g., 2 slots). Each of the slots is able to include a different number of SC-FDMA symbols in accordance with a CP length.
• the UL subframe can be divided into a data region and a control region in frequency domain
• the data region includes PUSCH and is used to transmit such a data signal as an audio and the like.
• the control region includes PUCCH and is used to transmit UL control information (UCI) .
• the PUCCH includes an RB pair situated at both ends of the data region and performs hopping on the boundary of a slot.
• the UL control information includes the followings ..
• This information is used to request an uplink UL-SCH resource and is transmitted by
• - HARQ ACK/NACK This is a response signal to a DL data packet on PDSCH. This signal indicates whether the DL data packet is successfully received.
• 1-bit ACK/NACK is transmitted in response to a single DL codeword.
• 2 -bit ACK/NACK is transmitted in response to two DL codewords.
• MIMO-related (multiple input multiple output related) feedback information includes RI (rank indicator) and PMI (precoding matrix indicator) .
• Feedback information on a DL channel is generally known as channel quality control information, channel quality information, channel status information (CSI) or the like.
• FIG. 5 is a diagram for one example of MIMO (multiple input multiple output) transmitter/receiver.
• FIG. 5 exemplarily shows OFDM or SC-FDMA (also known as DFT spread OFDM or DFT- s -OFDM) transmitter/receiver capable of supporting MIMO.
• OFDM or SC-FDMA also known as DFT spread OFDM or DFT- s -OFDM
• FIG. 5 exemplarily shows OFDM or SC-FDMA (also known as DFT spread OFDM or DFT- s -OFDM) transmitter/receiver capable of supporting MIMO.
• a DFT discrete Fourier transform
• a codeword to layer mapper 504 maps N c codewords 502 to N L layers 506.
• the codeword (CW) is equivalent to a transport block (TB) descending from a MAC (medium access control) layer.
• a corresponding relation between a transport block and a codeword can be changed by a codeword swapping.
• a codeword can be substituted with a corresponding transport block in the following description, and vice versa.
• a relation between a codeword and a transport block can be changed by the codeword swapping.
• a first transport block and a second transport block correspond to a first codeword and a second codeword, respectively.
• the codeword swapping is performed, the first transport block corresponds to the second codeword and the second transport block can correspond to the first codeword.
• the HARQ operation is performed with reference to the transport block.
• FIG. 6 shows one example of a codeword-to- layer mapping scheme.
• a DFT block 508 performs a DFT precoding on each of the layers 506.
• a precoding block 510 multiplies N L DFT transformed layers by a precoding vector/matrix. Through this process, the precoding block 510 maps the N L DFT transformed layers to N T IFFT (inverse fast Fourier transform) blocks and N T antenna ports 514. In this case, the antenna port 514 can be mapped to an actual physical antenna again.
• N T IFFT inverse fast Fourier transform
• LTE-A supports UL MIMO transmission
• the conventional LTE does not support the UL MIMO transmission. Therefore, if the DCI format 0 of the conventional LTE is directly applied to the UL MIMO, it may cause various problems. For instance, problems may be caused to rank adaptation and MCS table. In case of the DCI format 0, the number of NDI is 1 and the number of MCS is 1 as well. Yet, if two data streams are transmitted for a UL transmission, the one NDI and the one MCS are not sufficient for the UL transmission. Therefore, if the conventional DCI format is used as it is, it is not appropriate for the UL MIMO capable of transmitting at least one or more transport blocks .
• Embodiment 1 Signaling for MIMO Control Information
• LTE-A provides ' a 3 -bit precoding book to 2Tx antenna (port) for UL spatial multiplexing. And, LTE-A provides a 6 -bit precoding book to 4Tx antenna (port) .
• a codebook size according to rank per Tx antenna is shown in Table 3.
• codeword enable/disable should be also taken into consideration.
• Table 4 shows a case that PMI/RI is taken into consideration together with codeword enable/disable.
• the conventional LTE is able to disable a codeword using a specific combination of MSC field and RV field of DCI format in DL.
• MCS index and an RV index in an MCS field and an RV field existing per codeword are set to 0 and 1, respectively, a corresponding codeword is recognized as a disabled codeword.
• MCS/RV field one field
• a method for the codeword enable/disable is proposed as follows.
• the present embodiment proposes that the enable/disable of codeword is indicated by using a combination of MCS/RV field and NDI field, which are existing per codeword.
• the present embodiment proposes a method of reducing a codebook signaling overhead by dispersing a codebook or a precoding matrix index per the combination of the MCS/RV field and the NDI field.
• Table 5 shows a scheme of signaling a control information for UL MIMO according to one embodiment of the present invention.
• the present scheme exemplarily shows a case of 2Tx antenna (port) .
• Table 5 shows a part of DCI used for scheduling of PUSCH.
• NDI field and MCS/RV field are included in the DCI format 0 of the conventional LTE or can be included in a DCI format newly designed for UL MIMO in LTE-A.
• a codebook can mean the codebook defined for the 2Tx case for spatial multiplexing.
• the number of precoding matrixes for the rank 1 is 6.
• 2 precoding matrixes are made to correspond to each of the values 29, 30 and 31 of the MCS/RV field and it is able to indicate one of the two precoding matrixes using 1-bit PMI/RI field.
• the number of the precoding matrix for the rank 2 is 1, in case of the rank 2 (i.e., both two codewords are enabled) , an addition bit for signaling the precoding matrix is not necessary.
• a rank indication information can be utilized as the information for signaling the precoding matrix. Therefore, if the present invention is applied to the 2Tx case, it is able to perform the precoding matrix signaling, which is anticipated to need at least 3 bits, using 1 bit only. And, the codeword enable/disable can be signaled as well.
• one of MCS/RV indexes is designated to a reserved region and the precoding matrixes for the rank 1 can be appropriately distributed to the rest of the two indexes (e.g., MCS/RV indexes 29 and 30) .
• MCS/RV indexes 29 and 30 For instance, PMI indexes 0, 1, 2 and 3 are distributed to the MCS/RV index 29, and PMI indexes 4 and 5 can be distributed to the MCS/RV index 30.
• two sets of 3 PMI indexes can be distributed to each of the MCS/RV indexes 29 and 30.
• Table 6 shows another scheme of signaling a control information for UL MIMO according to one embodiment of the present invention.
• the present scheme exemplarily shows a case of 4Tx antenna (port) .
• Table 6 shows a part of DCI used for scheduling of PUSCH.
• NDI field and MCS/RV field are included in the DCI format 0 of the conventional LTE or can be included in a DCI format newly designed for UL MIMO in LTE-A.
• a codebook can mean the codebook defined for the 4Tx case for spatial multiplexing.
• Table 6 is configured in a manner similar to that of the former description with reference to Table 5.
• MCS/RV index 29 indicates a rank 1 and is able to indicate . one of 24 precoding matrixes for the rank 1 using 5 -bit MCS/RV field.
• MCS/RV index 30 indicates a rank 2 and is able to indicate one of 16 precoding matrixes for the rank 2 using 5 -bit MCS/RV field.
• MCS/RV index 31 is available for other usages. If both two codewords are enabled, since the rank 1 does not exist and a codebook includes 16 precoding matrixes for the rank 2 , 12 precoding matrixes for the rank 3, and one precoding matrix for the rank 4.
• the present invention Since the total number of the cases is 29, it is able to perform a precoding matrixe signaling using the 5 -bit PMI/RI field. Therefore, if the present invention is applied to the 4Tx case, it is able to perform the precoding matrix signaling, which is anticipated to need at least 6 bits, using 5 bits only. And, the codeword enable/disable can be signaled as well.
• FIG. 7 is a diagram for a portion of a DCI format for UL spatial multiplexing. And, the DCI format shown in FIG. 7 is used for the scheduling of PUSCH.
• DCI format carries information for two transport blocks.
• NDI1 field and MCS/RV1 field are configured for the transport block 1 and NDI2 field and MCS/RV2 field are configured for the transport block 2.
• One PMI/RI field is included in the DCI format only. Assume that the sizes and contents of the NDI and MCS/RV fields are equal to those of the DCI format 0 described with reference to Table 1 and Table 2. and, assume that a codebook size according to the rank and transmit antenna (port) configuration is equal to that shown in Table 3. In this case, the PMI/RI field can be constructed with 1 bit in case of 2Tx or 5 bits in case of 4Tx.
• a user equipment determines a size of a transport block, a modulation order, a redundancy version (RV) , a transport block enable/disable, a transport layer (i.e., rank) , a precoding matrix and the like from the field shown in FIG. 7. And, the fields shown in the drawing can be interpreted in the same manner of the former scheme described reference to Table 5 and Table 6.
• the precoding matrix index and the like can be expressed by different combinations or schemes. And, the codeword disabling and the precoding matrix signaling can be implemented separately or in a manner being combined together.
• Embodiment 2 Transmission of Channel Status Information in UL I O
• channel status information (alternatively, channel control information or channel information) by feedback for efficient communications.
• a channel status information of DL is transmitted in UL, while a channel status information of UL is transmitted in DL.
• the channel status information includes a channel quality indicator (CQI) .
• CQI channel quality indicator
• the channel status information further includes PMI (precoding matrix indicator) and RI (rank indicator) .
• FIG. 8 is a diagram for one example of a concept for channel status information generation and transmission.
• a user equipment measures a DL quality and then reports a channel status information to a base station.
• the base station performs a DL scheduling (e.g., a UE selection, a resource allocation, etc.) in accordance with the reported channel status information.
• the channel status information includes at least one of CQI, PMI, RI and the like.
• the CQI can be generated in various ways. For instance, a channel status (or a spectrum efficiency) is reported for the CQI in a manner of being quantized, an SINR is calculated and reported, or an actually applied channel status like a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) is reported .
• MCS modulation and coding scheme
• FIG. 9 is a diagram for one example of a CQI report scheme of LTE according to a related art.
• a CQI report can be classified into a periodic report and an aperiodic report .
• the periodic CQI report means that a user equipment reports a channel quality at a predetermined timing point without a separate signaling.
• the aperiodic CQI report means that a network makes a request for a CQI report to a user equipment via explicit signaling if necessary. If the network needs the aperiodic CQI report, it signals a UL scheduling grant to the user equipment using a DCI format 0. If a CQI request value of the DCI format 0 is set to 1, the user equipment performs the aperiodic CQI report.
• the user equipment transmits the channel status information and data via PUSCH together.
• the CQI-only mode can be named a feedback-only mode by generalization, while the 3 ⁇ 4 CQI + data' mode can be named a 'feedback + data' mode.
• the channel status information includes at least one of CQI, PMI and RI .
• FIG. 10 is a diagram for one example of a method for processing UL-SCH data and control information.
• an error detection is provided to a UL-SCH transport block through a CRC (cyclic redundancy check) attachment [S100] .
• CRC cyclic redundancy check
• parity bits are , Po, P ⁇ , Pi, Pi,..., P L -i ⁇ # a s i ze of the transport block is A, and the number of the parity bits is L.
• code block segmentation and code block CRC attachment are performed [S110] .
• bit inputs for the code block segmentation are ' b o > b i> > b 3 >-> b B-i ⁇ .
• ' b' indicates the bit number of the transport block (CRC included) .
• *Kr' indicates the bit number of the code block v r' .
• the ⁇ C indicates a total number of the code blocks .
• Channel coding is performed after the code block segmentation and the code block CRC [S120] .
• D r K r + 4
• the 'Kr' indicates the bit number of the code block r.
• the X C' indicates a total number of the code blocks. For channel coding, turbo coding is available.
• a rate matching is performed after completion of the channel coding [S130] .
• the bits after the rate matching become 1 e r o' e r ⁇ > e r2> e r?,>- ⁇ > e r(E,- ⁇ ) ' ⁇ Tne
• E r indicates the number of the rate-matched bits of the r th code block.
• the x r' is equal to 0, 1 ... (C-l) .
• the *C indicates the total number of the code blocks .
• a code block concatenation is executed after completion of the rate matching [S140] .
• bits become ' / ⁇ ./ ⁇ . ⁇ . ⁇ .-,/ ⁇ - ⁇ ' _
• the G indicates a total number of the coded bits for transmission. If a control information is multiplexed with a UL-SCH transmission, the bits used for the control information transmission are not included in the G. In this case, the h>->JG-i ' correspond to UL - SCH codewords.
• channel codings of channel quality information (CQI and/or PMI) , RI and HARQ-ACK are independently performed.
• the channel coding of the UCI is performed based on the number of coded symbols for each control information. For instance, the number of the coded symbols can be used for the rate matching of the coded control information.
• the number of the coded symbols corresponds to the number of modulated symbols, the number of REs or the like after a subsequent process.
• Channel coding of the channel quality information is performed using an input bit sequence of 3 ⁇ 4 °o > °i>°2 v > o 0 _, , [S150] .
• an output bit sequence of the channel coding for the channel quality information becomes
• a channel coding scheme of the channel quality information varies in accordance with a bit number. And, if the channel quality information includes 11 bits or more, a CRC bit is added to the channel quality information.
• the channel coding of the RI is performed using an input sequence L °° J or L °o °i J [S160] .
• Q w indicates the total number of the coded bits .
• the Q' is the number of the coded symbols for the RI .
• the Q m is a modulation order. And, the Q m can be set equal to the UL-SCH data.
• the channel coding of the HARQ-ACK is performed the
• ACK (n ACK ACK, ⁇ o ACK o ACK - --o ACK 1 input bit sequence [o ° ] , L °o °i J or L °° °' ° aCK - ⁇ in the step S170.
• the L o l ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ indicates the HARQ-ACK configured with information of 2 bits or more (i.e., > ) .
• ACK is coded into 1 and NACK is coded into 0.
• repetition coding is used.
• a simplex code (3, 2) is used and the encoded data can be cyclically repeated.
• the Q indicates a total number of the coded bits and a bit sequence » q ° ' q] ,qz
• a last concatenated coded HARQ-ACK block can be a portion (i.e., the rate matching) . It is 1 Q Q Qm ' ⁇
• the Q A ' CK is the number of the coded symbols for the HARQ- ACK.
• the Q M is a modulation order. And, the Q M can be set equal to the UL-SCH data.
• Inputs to a data/control multiplexing block include . /2 . /3 .-. /G indicating the coded UL-SCH bits and 3 ⁇ 4 > 9 i '9 2 '9 3v . 3 ⁇ 4 i , i nd i cat ing the coded CQI / PMI bits [S180] .
• an output from the data/control multiplexing block includes ⁇ -o ' -i ' -2'i ' "' ' ⁇ //'-i ' _
• the ' ⁇ ' indicates a total number of the coded bits allocated for the UL-SCH data and the CQI/PMI.
• An input to a channel interleaver includes the output
• the channel interleaver multiplexes the control information and the UL-SCH data together for the PUSCH transmission.
• the channel interleaver includes a process for mapping the control information and the US-SCH data to a channel interleaver matrix corresponding to the PUSCH resource.
• a bit sequence 1 h 0 ,h ,h 2 ,...,h H+Q ' read out of the channel interleaver matrix row by row is outputted.
• the read-out bit sequence is mapped onto a resource grid. Modulation symbols, of which number is ⁇ ⁇ w ' , is transmitted via subframe .
• FIG. 11 is a diagram for multiplexing of control information and UL-SCH data on PUSCH.
• a user equipment multiplexes the control information (UCI) and UL- SCH data together before DFT-spreading .
• the control information includes at least one of CQI/RI, HARQ ACK/NACK and RI .
• the number of REs used for the transmission of each of the CQI/RI, HARQ ACK/NACK and RI is based on an MCS (modulation and coding scheme) and offset value ( offse!
• the offset value allows a coding rate differing in accordance with the control information and is set semi-static by a higher layer signal (i.e., a signal of RRC) .
• the UL-SCH data and the control information are not mapped to the same RE.
• the control information is mapped to exist in both slots of the subframe. Since a base station can be in advance aware that the control information will be transmitted on PUSCH, the base station is facilitated to perform a demultiplexing on the control information and data packets.
• a CQI and/or PMI (CQI/PMI) resource is situated at a start part of a UL-SCH data resource and is sequentially mapped to all SC-FDMA symbols on one subcarrier. Subsequently, another mapping is performed on a next subcarrier.
• the CQI/PMI is mapped in a left-to-right direction within a subcarrier, i.e., in SC- FDMA symbol index increasing direction.
• PUSCH data i.e., UL-SCH data
• PUSCH data is rate-matched in consideration of a quantity of the CQI/PMI resource (i.e., the number of coded symbols)
• the same modulation order of the UL-SCH data is used for the CQI/PMI.
• a CQI/PMI information size (e.g., a payload size) is small (e.g., 11 bits or less)
• a block code 32, k is used for the CQI/PMI information in a similar manner of the PUCCH transmission and the coded data is cyclically repeatable . If the CQI/PMI information size is small, a CRC is not used. If the CQI/PMI size is big (e.g., the corresponding size exceeds 11 bits), 8-bit CRC is added and a channel coding and a rate matching are performed using a tail-biting convolutional code.
• ACK/NACK is inserted in a portion of the resource of the UL-SCH data mapped SC-FDMA by puncturing.
• the ACK/NACK is situated next to the RS and the corresponding SC-FDMA symbol is padded with the ACK/NACK from the bottom to the top of the SC-FDMA symbol, i.e., in a subcarrier index increasing direction.
• SC-FDMA symbol for the ACKNACK is situated at the SC-FDMA symbol #2/#5 in each slot.
• the coded RI is situated next to the symbol for the ACK/NACK.
• the ACK/NACK, the RI and the CQI/PMI are independently coded.
• control information (e.g., using QPSK modulation) can be scheduled to be transmitted on PUSCH without UL-SCH data.
• a control information e.g., CQI/PMI, RI and/or ACK/NACK
• CQI/PMI, RI and/or ACK/NACK is multiplexed before DFT- spreading to maintain a single carrier characteristics.
• the multiplexing of the CQI/PMI, RI and ACK/NACK is similar to that shown in FIG. 10.
• SC-FDMA symbol for the ACK/NACK is situated next to RS and a CQI mapped resource can be punctured.
• the number of REs for the ACK/NACK and the RI is based on a reference MCS
• the reference MCS is calculated from a CQI payload size and a resource allocation.
• Channel coding and rate matching for the control signaling without UL-SCH data are equal to those of the case of the control signaling with the UL-SCH data .
• CSI channel status information
• the codeword and the transport block are equivalent to each in meaning and can be substituted with each other unless mentioned differently.
• the following description is made using a CQI as a representative example of a channel status information and the channel status information and the CQI can be used in a manner of being substituted with each other.
• the present embodiment proposes that a channel status information is reported using a single codeword only in case of performing a CQI -only mode. Therefore, when the CQI-only mode is performed, a single codeword (or a transport block) is enabled only. For this, the rest of codewords (or transport blocks) can be signaled as disabled For instance, if a DCI is provided for 2 transport blocks, the DCI is able to carry a signaling information indicating that one transport block is enabled while the other is disabled.
• the transport block (or codeword) enable/disable can be indicated by a combination of two informations within the, DCI and one of the two informations can include an MCS information.
• an MCS information of the corresponding transport block (or codeword) is able to indicate an index related to an RV version.
• the rest of codewords (or transport blocks) can be recognized as disabled without a separate signaling.
• the conditions for the CQI-only mode in UL MIMO can include the followings. First of all, only one transport block is enabled. Secondly, an information (e.g., CQI request) for a channel status information request indicates 1. Thirdly, an MCS information for the enabled transport block indicates an MCS index (e.g. , I CS) 29. Fourthly, the number (e.g. , N PRB ) of the allocated resource blocks is equal to or smaller than 4.
• a user equipment transmits a channel status information on PUSCH without a transport block for UL-SCH using a resource (e.g., modulation order, layer, resource block, etc.) for the one enabled transport block.
• a resource e.g., modulation order, layer, resource block, etc.
• the transmission of the channel status information without the transport block for the UL-SCH is non- limited by the above description.
• the channel status information transmission can be implemented by a process for determining a transport block size for an enabled transport block.
• the present embodiment proposes a method of obtaining a multiplexing gain by extending the number of layers for a channel status information to 2 (Rank 2 transmission) in case of performing a CQI-only mode.
• the CQI-only mode can be triggered in the same manner of Embodiment 2 -la and 'disabling' can be implemented in the same manner as well.
• the number of transmission layers for the channel status information can be indicated by a PMI/RI field transmitted together with a new DCI format.
• LTE-A uplink since there is a rule for 1-codeword ' & 2-layer transmission for retransmission [cf. FIG. 6], it is not necessary to define 1-codeword to 2-layer mapping rule for the CQI-only mode in addition.
• FIG. 12 is a flowchart for one example of transmitting a channel status information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• a user equipment receives a DL control information (DCI) used for PUSCH scheduling [S1210]
• DCI is provided for UL MIMO spatial multiplexing and includes information for a resource block allocation, information for a channel status information request, and a plurality of MCS informations for a plurality of transport blocks. If prescribed conditions are met, the user equipment transmits a channel status information only on PUSCH without a transport block for UL-SCH [S1220] . That is, if the prescribed conditions are met, the user equipment performs a CQI-only mode.
• FIG. 12 exemplarily represents an aspect of the user equipment. Yet, it is apparent that a base station should perform a corresponding operation. For instance, the base station configures and transmits a DCI for requesting a channel status information, receives the channel status information via PUSCH without transport blocks, processes the channel status information and performs a DL scheduling if necessary.
• FIG. 13 is a block diagram for transmitting a channel status information. For clarity and convenience, FIG. 13 assumes a case of enabling a codeword 0 (CWO) (or a corresponding transport block) and disabling a codeword 1
• CWO codeword 0
• FIG. 13 assumes a case of enabling a codeword 0 (CWO) (or a corresponding transport block) and disabling a codeword 1
• a channel status information is transmitted using CWO only.
• the CWO indicates a result from multiplexing a UL-SCH transport bock and the channel status information together. If CQI-only mode conditions are met, the CWO includes the channel status information only. In particular, if the CQI-only mode is performed, the transport block for the UL-SCH is not included in the CWO.
• the CWO is transmitted through a scrambling, a modulation mapper, a layer mapper and an SC- FDMA mapper.
• the layer mapper maps a codeword to a layer
• the SC-FDMA modulation mapper includes a DFT (discrete Fourier transform) block, a precoder, a subcarrier mapping block, an IDFT (inverse discrete Fourier transform) block, and a CP adding block.
• the precoder maps a layer to an antenna port using a precoding matrix.
• the present embodiment proposes a signaling method as follows.
• the present embodiment uses two codewords.
• one of the two codewords is provided for a CQI-only mode, while the other is provided for a data transmission.
• a channel status information and a data are transmitted using different codewords, whereby reliability of a channel status information transmission can be raised.
• a channel status information is multiplexed with PUSCH by rate matching or puncturing, whereby a coding gain of the PUSCH is lowered.
• a coding gain of PUSCH remains intact, whereby data reliability is raised higher than that of the conventional LTE.
• the present embodiment is non-limited by the following description. And, the present embodiment proposes a signaling rule for smoothing the operation of the embodiment 2-2 or a signaling interpreting method of a user equipment. Since transmissions of a plurality of codewords (e.g., 2 codewords) are supported by UL IMO, when an aperiodic CQI is transmitted, rules for determining a codeword, with which the CQI is multiplexed, are needed.
• the CQI multiplexing rules proposed by the present embodiment are described as follows. In particular, the following rules are applicable to a CQI-only mode as well.
• CQI is multiplexed with a codeword (or a transport block) having a highest I M cs ⁇
• I M cs is used for two codewords (or transport blocks), CQI is multiplexed with a codeword 0 (i.e., first codeword) .
• the two rules according to the embodiment 2 -2a are generally applicable to a case of multiplexing a channel status information and a data with PUSCH. For instance, when data are carried on two codewords, if a channel status information needs to be multiplexed with one of the codewords, the above-mentioned two rules are applicable.
• CQI is multiplexed with a codeword (IMCS).
• CQI request is equal to 1
• N PRB is equal to or smaller than 4 (N PRB ⁇ 4) .
• a case that a retransmission needs to be performed in one of the two codewords, while a CQI-only mode needs to be performed in the other can tack place .
• a user equipment is unable to interpret that the CQI is multiplexed with which one of the codewords.
• the following solutions are proposed.
• a CQI-only mode applied codeword is transmitted only (e.g., a CQI-only mode can be applied to the first codeword according to the rule 1.2), while the other codeword is disabled.
• FIG. 14 is a block diagram for transmitting a channel status information.
• a channel status information is transmitted using CWO, while data (e.g., transport block for UL-SCH) is transmitted using CW1.
• the CWO indicates a result from multiplexing a UL-SCH transport block and the channel status information together.
• the CWO includes the channel status information without the transport block for the UL-SCH.
• the CWO includes both a corresponding transport block and a channel status information [not shown in the drawing] .
• Each of the CWO and the CW1 is transmitted through a scrambling, a modulation mapper, a layer mapper and an SC-FDMA mapper.
• the SC-FDMA modulation mapper includes a DFT (discrete Fourier transform) block, a precoder, a subcarrier mapping block, an IDFT (inverse discrete Fourier transform) block, and a CP adding block.
• I MC s for the CWO is higher than I MCS for the CW1 [Rule 1.1] or I MCS for the CWO is equal to I M cs for the CW1 [Rule 1.2] .
• I MC s for the CWO is 29, while I MC s for the CW1 has a different value [Rule 2] .
• a codeword (or transport block) disabling scheme and a transmission of a channel status information are included.
• the embodiment 1 and the embodiment 2 can be used independently or by being combined together.
• various cases of combining the codeword (or transport) disabling scheme and the channel status information transmitting method together are exemplarily described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
• FIG. 15 is a diagram for one example of DCI configuration and UE interpretation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
• FIG. 15 (a) shows a portion of a DCI format newly added for LTE-A UL MIMO.
• a DCI format includes MCS and NDI fields for a first transport block, MCS and NDI fields for a second transport block, a PMI/RI field, a resource allocation field (N_PRB) , and a channel status information request field (CQI request) .
• FIGs. 15 (b) to 1-5 (e) exemplarily show DCI configurations and UE's interpretations in case of combining the codeword (or transport) disabling scheme and the channel status information transmitting method together
• FIG. 15 (b) and FIG. 15 (c) show the cases of 2Tx
• FIG. 15 (d) and FIG. 15 (e) show the cases of 4Tx.
• FIG. 15 (b) shows one example of a 2Tx case for disabling one codeword and operating a CQI-only mode using the other codeword.
• FIG. 15 (b) since MCS/RV is equal to 30 and a corresponding NDI is toggled, C O is disabled [cf. Table 5] .
• PMI/RI is 1
• an enabled CW i.e., CW1 is precoded by a precoding matrix of which index of a rank 1 code book for 2Tx is 2 [cf . Table 5] .
• FIG. 15 (b) also shows a case that the transmission layer number is limited to 1 in the CQI-only mode.
• FIG. 15 (c) shows one example of a 2Tx case of transmitting data on both two codewords and multiplexing one codeword with CQI.
• FIG. 15 (d) shows an embodiment for a 4Tx case of disabling one codeword and operating a CQI-only mode through the other codeword.
• FIG. 15 (e) shows a case of transmitting data on two codewords and multiplexing CQI with one of the two codewords .
• CWO is equal to or smaller than 28.
• CW1 is equal to or smaller than 28 as well.
• NDI is toggled.
• both of the two codewords are initial transmissions.
• CQI request 1, the CQI is multiplexed with data.
• the channel status information is multiplexed with the CWO that is the first codeword (or transport block) .
• a precoding matrix which is meant by an index 6 in the rank 2 , rank 3 and rank 4 code books for 4Tx, is used.
• Embodiment 3 Modulation Order Control of Channel
• the present embodiment proposes a CQI transmitting method in CQI-only mode if a payload for CQI is rapidly increased due to carrier aggregation (CA) and/or the like.
• a .modulation order is limited to 2 (QPSK) .
• QPSK carrier aggregation
• the present invention proposes the followings.
• MPR modulation order product code rate
• the present invention proposes to change a modulation order of a channel status information.
• the MPR can be calculated by the following formula .
• MPR ⁇ a ⁇ oa ⁇ - Coding rate * Modulation order
• the MPR can be expressed as a multiplication of a coding rate and a modulation order.
• a user equipment is able to calculate the MPR using the number of available resource elements (REs) and a CQI payload size.
• REs resource elements
• FIG. 16 is a diagram for one example of a base station and a user equipment applicable to one embodiment of the present invention.
• a relay is included in a wireless communication system, a communication is performed between a base station and a relay in a backhaul link or a communication is performed between a relay and a user equipment in an access link. Therefore, the base station or user equipment shown in the drawing can be substituted with the relay.
• a wireless communication includes a base station (BS) 110 and a user equipment (UE) 120.
• the base station 100 includes a processor 112, a memory 114 and a radio frequency (RF) unit 116.
• the processor 112 can be configured to implement the procedures and/or methods proposed by the present invention.
• the memory 114 is connected to the processor 112 and stores various kinds of informations related to operations of the processor 112.
• the RF unit 116 is connected to the processor 112 and transmits and/or receives radio signals.
• the user equipment 120 includes a processor 122, a memory 124 and an RF unit 126.
• the processor 122 can be configured to implement the procedures and/or methods proposed by the present invention.
• the memory 124 is connected to the processor 122 and stores various kinds of informations related to operations of the processor 122.
• the RF unit 126 is connected to the processor 122 and transmits and/or receives radio signals.
• the base station 110 and/or the user equipment 120 can have a single antenna or a multi- antenna.
• a specific operation explained as performed by a base station can be performed by an upper node of the base station in some cases.
• various operations performed for communication with a terminal can be performed by a base station or other networks except the base station.
• 'base station' can be replaced by such a terminology as a fixed station, a Node B, an eNode B (eNB) , an access point and the like.
• eNB eNode B
• eNB eNode B
• eNB eNode B
• eNB eNode B
• 'terminal' can be replaced by such a terminology as a user equipment (UE) , a mobile station (MS) , a mobile subscriber station (MSS) ' and the like.
• Embodiments of the present invention can be implemented using various means. For instance, embodiments of the present invention can be implemented using hardware, firmware, software and/or any combinations thereof. In the implementation by hardware, a method according to each embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by at least one selected from the group consisting of ASICs (application specific integrated circuits) , DSPs (digital signal processors) , DSPDs (digital signal processing devices) , PLDs (programmable logic devices) , FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays) , processor,- controller, microcontroller, microprocessor and the like.
• ASICs application specific integrated circuits
• DSPs digital signal processors
• DSPDs digital signal processing devices
• PLDs programmable logic devices
• FPGAs field programmable gate arrays
• a method according to each embodiment of the present invention can be implemented by modules, procedures, and/or functions for performing the above-explained functions or operations.
• Software code is stored in a memory unit and is then drivable by a processor.
• the memory unit is provided within or outside the processor to exchange data with the processor through the various means known in public.
• the present invention is applicable to such a wireless communication device as a user equipment, a relay, a base station and the like.

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